to issue a notice direct elections called the Kyriakos Mitsotakis ο Alexis Tsipras in his speech to the Parliament on the responsibilities of the government of the Southwest and the Prime Minister himself regarding the an austerity crisis that is bringing households and businesses to their knees.
«Call an election and never mind. Democracy will defeat arrogance. Justice will defeat impunity. Greece will stand on its feet again.» underlined the president of SYRIZA-PS.
Al. Tsipras with the topical question which he submitted to Kyriakos Mitsotakis, brought to Parliament, as he said, the most topical and burning issue for the vast majority of households and businesses, the issue of accuracy that has taken uncontrollable dimensions.
«Accuracy has a name: Kyriakos Mitsotakis»
«This accuracy, Mr Mitsotakis, has your name on it. not only because all inflation indicators are the worst or among the worst in Europe, which is absurd for a small country with such low purchasing power for its citizens. Accuracy has your name on it and why you are the least qualified to understand it. Feel its effects,» he stressed.
Al. Tsipras accused Kir. Mitsotakis that the Greece he is leaving behind has nothing to do with the one he propagates. As he said, according to ELSTAT data 3.1 million of our fellow citizens, almost 30% of the total population, live below the poverty line. And this is a full ten percentage points above the European average.
According to Eurostat, Greece is among the four EU countries, where the percentage of the population at risk of poverty, increased between 2019 and 2021.
«But I know, you'll say again, “It's not my fault, it's the war.” In the old days, the deaths were only the fault of the pandemic. For the interceptions, it was your nephew. It's always someone else's fault, you're never to blame. There will always be an excuse,» he stressed.
Al. Tsipras stressed that while in Europe they took measures, Mr. Mitsotakis not only fled but found an opportunity to deepen his strategic choice. «Implement an extreme neoliberal policy that privatised the PPC at a time when all over Europe they are nationalising energy infrastructure, and leave the obscenity unchecked so as not to upset your donors» said.
«Mr Mitsotakis behaves like Louis and governs like Thatcher»
«It's because we are the only country in Europe that has a 2-in-1 prime minister: who behaves like Louis and governs like Thatcher» he stressed emphatically.
Al. Tsipras stressed that the government is not subsidizing households and businesses that can't make ends meet, but the cartels.
«In the midst of the crisis, instead of being the protector of social cohesion, you have become the protector of the cartels and the guardian angel of obscenity. And you have anointed PPC, from guarantor of public utility and energy security, to protagonist and driver of the race of obscenity in electricity,» he noted.
«It seems instead of watching what others are doing in Europe, you only wanted to listen to what your political opponents were saying on the phone.» he observed.
«And even when you were forced to abolish the illegal and unreasonable revaluation clause, you did so under false pretenses and for the eyes of the world, since you have ended up multiplying instead of reducing the cost of electricity. Up to 57% more in the month of September,» he said.
«You haven't taken a penny of the excess profits you said you would tax»
Al. Tsipras noted that only in September, the cartels' excess profits amounted to EUR 485 million. «What kind of hat is this, Mr Mitsotakis? Whose money is this? And who is paying it?» he demanded to know, while asking the prime minister what he has done almost eight months after announcing in parliament that he would tax excess profits with 90%. «Did you get a euro? You haven't taken a penny, you bastard. And you won't. For your plan is to take from the many that you have plundered. Not from the few who, on your backs, have plundered,» he said.
As a clear proof of the government-quartet alyssberism, Al. Tsipras cited tax revenues, which the government boasts are breaking records due to growth. «Citizens paid 7 billion more in taxes in 8M 2022 than last year and VAT revenues are 23% up» he said to add: «This is how subsidies come out. A mechanism of unprecedented cynicism and deception that brings Greek society and the economy to its knees in order for the privatized PPC and five other companies to profit.».
The president of SYRIZA-PS stressed that the picture does not only concern electricity, but also basic consumer goods and fuel, noting that the national inflation rate is the highest since 1993.
«The household basket of mockery»
Al. Tsipras characterized basket of mockery the «household basket» announced by the government, asking for whom the increases in 50 products will be «tolerated».
«You seem to have forgotten all the other numbers and you're pinpointing the accuracy to spaghetti number 6. You have forgotten the number of the price of petrol, oil, the number of the price of electricity, the number of inflation, the number of the remuneration of Mr. Stasi and your golden boys in the public utilities, the number of direct awards. You have forgotten all these figures that make up your landscape of inexactness, cynicism and corruption. And you are playing a cheap communication game on the channels with your number 6 spaghetti and long grain rice.» he underlined.
«The only Mitsotakis effect is accuracy and poverty in the pockets of citizens»
The leader of the opposition finally asked the Prime Minister where did that famous Mitsotakis Effect go?. The propaganda that supposedly as soon as Kir. Mitsotakis, suddenly lowered interest rates and made Greece one of the most important investment destinations.
«Not the fact that we took the country out of the memoranda. Nor the fact that we settled the debt. Nor the fact that we left close to 40 billion in the public coffers. Nor that we have returned after many years with credibility in the markets. No, alas. Your presence was the cause,» he commented.
«But now the Mitsotakis effect is not showing up in lending rates, as the 10-year has climbed to 4.7%. The only Mitsotakis effect that can be seen, is what every citizen feels in his pockets. This is your effect. Accuracy and poverty» he stressed.
